Abstract: The present invention encodes speech segments in a manner in which they can be transmitted as compressed digital signals accompanying a document and decompressed and played automatically by remote computers without pre-arrangement, direct intervention or apparent delay in interactive networks such as the Internet.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for encoding speech segments in a manner in which they can be transmitted as compressed digital signals accompanying a document and decompressed and played automatically at remote computers without pre-arrangement, direct intervention such as a mouse click or apparent delay in interactive networks such as the Internet. Steps are described by which the speech signals may be encoded, and included in a document accompanied by program code to initiate actions automatically, to select segments, to decompress data, and to play sound. The documents may be web pages or electronic mail and the sounds may be helpful suggestions or advertising.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cinematic work and includes substituting for an original sound track of a motion picture a new sound track in a different language while at the same time correcting the lip movements of actors in the film to correspond to the new language. The method makes use of selected equipment, such as a digital video image processor, a video display, a programmed digital computer, and selected data on a frame-by-frame basis as to mouth location, mouth shape, mouth movements, etc. of the actor on the film and the frame-by-frame photographed mouth area of the new actor supplying the new language sound. The computer cooperates with the image processor to effect the alteration in the lip shapes by varying the intensities of the video pixels in the facial area on the film in accordance with the data and the program in the computer, whereby the new sound track with correct lip movements may be substituted for the original sound track.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituting for an original sound track of a motion picture a new sound track in a different language while at the same time correcting the lip movements of actors in the film to correspond to the new language. The method makes use of selected equipment, such as a digital video image processor, a video display, a programmed digital computer, and selected data on a frame-by-frame basis as to mouth location, mouth shape, mouth movements, etc. of the actor on the film and the frame-by-frame photographed mouth area of the new actor supplying the new language sound. The computer cooperates with the image processor to effect the alteration in the lip shapes by varying the intensities of the video pixels in the facial area on the film in accordance with the data and the program in the computer, whereby the new sound track with correct lip movements may be substituted for the original sound track.

Abstract: A system and method that creates visual images of lip movements on film, video tape, or other recorded media. Speech sounds are analyzed, digitally encoded and transmitted to a data memory device. Stored within the data memory device is a program for producing output data that creates visual images of lip movements corresponding to the speech sounds. Under control of the data for the speech sounds, the graphical output from the data memory device is sent to a graphic output device and related display equipment to produce the graphical display. This display may be combined with the speech sounds so that the resultant audio-visual composite (e.g. a film strip) contain lip movements corresponding to the speech sounds.